{"product_id":"women-in-peril-9781639732272","title":"Women! In! Peril!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed as one of Debutiful's Best Debut Books of 2024!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of wry humor, sharp social commentary, and an irrepressible sense of hope, a ferociously feminist debut short story collection from award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to outlast her return policy, a skeptical lesbian grappling with her wife's mysterious pregnancy, and a post-Earth colonist struggling to maintain her faith in humanity as she travels to \"Planet B.\" Whether they exist in the grounded realism of a college dance studio or the speculative world of Deep Space, these women push against social norms and family expectations to reclaim their power, understand their mistakes, and find a better future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilarious, heartbreaking, and defiantly optimistic, the twelve stories in \u003ci\u003eWomen! In! Peril!\u003c\/i\u003e balance humor and gravitas to explore the complexities of queerness, toxic relationships, parenting and divorce, Asian and Asian American identity, and so much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16083474\"\u003eJessie Ren Marshall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639732272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639732276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC061000\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC068000\"\u003eLGBTQ+ | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessie Ren Marshall \u003c\/b\u003eis a mixed race, Japanese-American writer who holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times' \u003c\/i\u003eModern Love column, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review, Barrelhouse, The Common, ZYZZYVA, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChicago Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, where her story \"Late Girl\" was a finalist for the 2022 Open Border Prize. Her musical \u003ci\u003ePele \u0026amp; The Hi'iakas \u003c\/i\u003ewas a semi-finalist for the 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference, and her play \u003ci\u003eHapa Girls\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2020 Kumu Kahua Hawai'i Prize. She lives with her dogs on Hawai\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003ei Island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455142211821,"sku":"9781639732272","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_21744ec6-8d27-4c0a-a8ec-de508fe70224.jpg?v=1753515239","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/women-in-peril-9781639732272","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}